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Don’t You Know That Self-Promotion is What You Need to Do?

Two of my most recent posts talked about how to promote yourself and your team.  If you haven’t read them yet, then you can catch up on them now!  As promised in those posts, I wanted to share some tried and true approaches to do self-promotion for you and your team in ways that do not come across as bragging.   Even though you are doing great work, you boss may not see everything since they are busy doing their own…
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Do You Need to Promote Yourself and Your Team?

Yesterday’s post on Self-Promotion drove some interesting feedback.  Some people shared their ideas on what they are doing or have done for self-promotion.  I will be sharing some of those additional ideas on how you can self-promote in tomorrow’s blog.  Others said they they don’t self-promote at all unless it is for their team.    I would like to address this situation in today’s blog because this happened to me. At one point in my career, I was given the feedback…
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Are You Ready to Be Great at Self-Promotion?

A topic that comes up with my clients time and time again is self-promotion.  Both men and women struggle with it. They see it as bragging, so they hesitate to do it.  If this sounds like you, then you need to shift your mindset when it comes to self-promotion.  To set yourself apart and get noticed you need to do things that are different.  You are doing great things and have good ideas, but no one will ever know that…
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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 12/1/17

Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary!      This week’s summary includes:  beating self-doubt, building your LinkedIn profile, joining a community, reinventing your career, give better performance reviews, being a better influencer,  communicate intentionally, learning about yourself and your leadership, the changing future of work Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes:  How to Beat Self-Doubt in 5 Seconds by Mel Robbins Mel’s Strategy to elimination of self doubt is easy to implement and see results   5 Tips to Build a LinkedIn Profile That’ll…
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It’s My Birthday, But I Am Giving You The Gift!

Today is my BIRTHDAY!!   I have always felt that it is the one day of the year that you get to celebrate yourself, so I am doing that today.  Receiving so many great birthday wishes on Facebook, text and email really makes you feel special.  Google even put a fun little birthday thing on my search page today. This past year I have been making sure that I focused on self-care, connecting with people that I haven’t seen for awhile and spending…
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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 11/24/17

Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary!    This week’s summary includes: recognizing blind spots,  gauging performance by interview questions, defining leadership, bottom-up leadership, growing your professional network, moving forward on difficult issues, creating more time in your life, focusing on the future, being present Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes: How to Recognize Blind Spots Before They Derail Your Career by CarterandDavid, Stephanie Vozza Learn the 5 most common blind spots and how you can manage around them   Flip the Script: Interview Questions that Candidates…
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Monday Morning Leadership Q&A – 11/20/17

Client Question: “I am hitting a brick wall on this project that I am working on.  I don’t know how to move forward on it and solve this issue.  What should I do?” Since you have tried to solve it yourself without success, my first question would be “have you asked for help from someone else?”   Asking for help is one of the most challenging things for people to do for some reason.  Why do we all feel that we…
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Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary – 11/17/17

Welcome to the Fantastic Leadership Resource Summary!    This week’s summary includes: Using persuasion to sell ideas, doing self-reflection, you can’t stand by as a leader, being self-aware, preparing for a career conversation, how failing can help you, prioritizing better, creating a culture of trust, comparison is a good thing to do, leading from where you are Articles/Ted Talks/Quotes: Four Tips to Persuade Others Your Idea Is a Winner by Loran Nordgren Want to shake up the status quo? Use psychology to…
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It’s Time to Seize the Leadership Opportunities!

What does it take for someone to lead? Is it just something that they jump in and do or do they have to be asked?  Senior leaders are looking for those individual contributors that jump in and start leading regardless of their title or role.   Those are the people who stand out and are seen as having potential to do more and progress up the ladder.  You want future leaders who take the initiative to learn, grow, solve problems and…
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Are You Ready to Create a Culture of Trust?

Have you been on a team that had huge success, accomplished great things and had fun doing it?  What made it different than any other team?  One of the biggest reasons that a team will have success or failure comes down to trust.   When the leader takes the time to build affinity with the team and understand who they are, the trust begins to grow.  This isn’t easy and it doesn’t happen overnight.  Being consistent with actions and words will…
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